SSB Field Day, Sat 6th/Sun 7th September

[David Honey]

Dear member,

RADARC will be an entrant in the restricted section (100W) of the SSB Field Day context. This is a 24 hour phone contest starting at 14:00 local on Sat 6th September - 2.5 weeks from today. We will be using my K4, a doublet and the club's SGC auto ATU as usual.

In previous years, members have generously helped with set-up and tear-down. We would be grateful if members could do so again this year. We especially need help with set-up, so if you can spare a couple of hours on Saturday, that would be most appreciated.  Set-up will start at 10:00 local time on Saturday 6th, and tear-down at 14:00 local time on Sunday 7th.

If there are any operators who can help out, even for an hour or two, please contact me (David M0DHO). Currently we have 4 confirmed operators (M0DHO, G0LHZ, M0NPK, G4AAO).

As usual, Simon M0ZSU will be running a BBQ on Saturday evening. Members are welcome to bring something to cremate on the barbie and BYOB. I think we will also have our usual cooked breakfast on Sunday morning. Members are also invited to visit to see what we get up to in field day contests and say hello.

We have permission to use a field (TBC) at Sonning Farm for the weekend.  Currently, it looks like it will be our usual field. I will confirm the exact field a few days before the contest when I speak with the farm manager and email the confirmation to members.
Many members are familiar with the site, but for any that are not...

If you come down Charvil Lane from the A4 towards sonning, just as you enter Sonning, you will see some large farm buildings on your left. Opposite that, is a gate to Broadmoor Lane. If the gate is padlocked, the number to unlock is 03065. The "usual" field is 2nd field on the left. 
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If you need to contact me during that weekend, my mobile is 07761 842220. If I don't answer during the contest, I'm probably operating.

Best regards,
David M0DHO

[David Honey]

The field for next weekend's field day is now confirmed as below.

Paul, Gopan, you're welcome to come down anytime, especially for setup starting at 10:00 on Saturday.

Best regards,
David M0DHO

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[Michael Meerman]

Hi David,

Nice to work you from Slovenia, I just happened to come across your signal on 20m, we made a QSO but then the signal disappeared in the QSB and I never heard it again. 

You gave me 425 which seems a bit on the low side, but from my perspective the conditions were not very good at all, especially on the Saturday. I made only 1 (local) contact on 10m and just a few on 15m. (The interference from the incompatible AllAsia contest was very annoying) But I had made a new full size dipole for 80m and that worked very well. Lots of Germans, obviously. Not that many British stations that I could copy here on any band, so it was a nice surprise to suddenly hear you! 

How many did you do in the end?

I should be back on October. 

73

Michael S5/M0MPM

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[David Honey]

Hi Michael,

Conditions seemed poor on Saturday afternoon. Signals were weaker than expected on both 40m, 20m, and 15m. They improved in the evening and into Sunday when we could run on 20m and get a decent rate of callers. It was nice surprise to work you on Sunday morning on 20m. Yes, QSB was evident on many 20m signals. We worked a few stations (Thailand, China, Asiatic Russia) in the all Asia contest, but unusually, no Japanese or Indonesian. We didn't work any US stations - we usually work 2 or 3 on 20+40m. I could hear them on 40m late evening and early morning, but too weak to work. Over Saturday evening and night, 80m was ok with the usual run of German portables. We only worked 3 stations on 10m. There was some sporadic E before the contest started, but that disappeared once the contest started. We kept checking the band and looking at DXMaps, but 10m was dead. There seemed to be fewer G portables this year. We ended with 524 QSOs with 10 dupes. On a good year we will do around 580, and a very good year 650. Weather was dry and pleasant, so he had a nice BBQ and the usual camp fire on Saturday evening and a cooked breakfast on Sunday morning, thanks to Simon and Ace for both, and to Chris for the bonfire. Thanks to everyone who helped with setup, tear down, and with operating. We had a 4 visitors from Bracknell ARC which was great.

Best regards,
David M0DHO

[Gary Searle]

More stations were worked in June with CW operating as QRP unassisted showing the benefits of CW over SSB HI DE G4ELD 

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